“We didn’t expect him to adapt so well and so quickly. It’s rare for a foreign player to become a starter and do so well in their first season in Italy, but he’s showed all his worth and we’ve been very impressed— he’s improving game by game and become a key member of the squad.”

Barcelona wore all black this weekend and paid the funeral parlor price as they were tied by city rivals Espanyol and fell 5 points behind Real Madrid in La Liga.-Sid Lowe of the Guardian with the story.

ENGLAND - FA Cup - Round of 64Matches & Scores:Clint Dempsey - Fulham - went the full 90 scoring a hat-trick as they won 4-0 v Charlton.Landon Donovan - Everton - played the whole game as they won 2-0 v Tamworth.Conor Doyle - Derby County - on the bench as they won 1-0 v Crystal Palace.Brad Guzan - Aston Villa - in goals for the full 90 as they won 1-3 at Bristol Rovers.Marcus Hahneman - Everton - on the bench as they won 2-0 v Tamworth.Tim Howard - Everton - went the distance and won 2-0 v Tamworth.Danny Potts - West Ham - - played the full match getting a yellow card but losing 1-0 at Sheffield Wednesday.Jonathan Spector - Birmingham - went the full 90 as they drew 0-0 v Wolverhampton.Zak Whitbread - Norwich - played the whole game getting a yellow card as they won 4-1 v Burnley.

PORTUGAL - Liga de HonraCaleb Patterson-Sewell - Atletico CP - went the full 90 as they drew 1-1 at Uniao Madeira.

SCOTLAND - Scottish Cup - Round of 32Alejandro Bedoya - Rangers - on the bench as they won 0-4 at Arbroath.Carlos Bocanegra - Rangers - went the full 90 getting a yellow card as they the won 0-4 at Arbroath.Mo Edu - Rangers - played full game as they the won 0-4 at Arbroath.

PRIMERA DIVISIONDaMarcus Beasley - Puebla - started and went 55 min as they drew 0-0 v Atlas.Ricardo Bocanegra - Atlas - came on as a sub in the 67th min as they tied 0-0 at Puebla.Jonathan Bornstein - Tigres UANL - on the bench as they drew 1-1 at Cruz Azul.Edgar Castillo - Tijuana - went the full 90 as they tied 1-1 at Morelia.Joe Benny Corona - Tijuana - came on as a sub at half time as they tied 1-1 at Morelia.Greg Garza - Tijuana - came on as a sub in the 73rd min as they tied 1-1 at Morelia.Herculez Gomez - Santos Laguna - came on as a sub in the 74th min but they tied 0-0 v Pachuca.Sonny Guadarrama - Atlante - on the bench as they won 0-1 at Guadalajara.Michael Orozco Fiscal - San Luis - played the full match and they won 1-0 v Pumas.Jose Torres - Pachuca - went the distance as they drew 0-0 at Santos Laguna.

LIGA DE ASCENSO (2nd division)Marco Vidal - Leon - on the bench as they won 2-0 v Correcaminos.Isaac Acuna - Merida - came on as a sub in the 80th min as they won 2-0 v Necaxa.